Politics

In the process of formulating its budget for 2021-27 in July, the EU took a major step towards further integration in the form of a €750 million recovery fund alongside an adoption of the [...]

Mohammad Mammadov on how ontological security might be what’s stopping the Armenia and Azerbaijan from reaching a peace agreement.

Pavlo Cherchatyi on how Russia’s intervention in Ukraine in 2014 became a catalyst for a uniting Ukrainian national identity.

When Volodymyr Zelensky won the Presidential election, one of his key promises was to end the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Upon his unconventional methods and a more moderate stance than [...]

Since 9 July, tens of thousands of Bulgarians across the country have marched on the streets every evening to demand the resignations of Boyko Borissov’s government and Prosecutor General Ivan [...]

Stefan Žarić reflects on the protests that have been rocking Belgrade. "The truth is, people resort to protests to liberate themselves, despite knowing that they probably cannot change anything."

Louis on the Seventh Studio Case and the trial of director Kirill Serebrennikov.

Augusto Dala Costa on the memory politics imbued in the public naming practices of Georgia's capital.

Tadeusz Giczan on the mounting opposition to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, and his efforts to silence the competition before the national election.

Tadeusz Giczan on the economic and political decline of Belarus since 2010.